AmazonALAS-2017-912Important: emacs
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.031 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.0%
Issue Overview:
Command injection flaw within “enriched mode” handling:
A command injection flaw within the Emacs “enriched mode” handling has been discovered. By tricking an unsuspecting user into opening a specially crafted file using Emacs, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Emacs user. (CVE-2017-14482)
Affected Packages:
emacs
Issue Correction:
Run yum update emacs to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
emacs-common-24.3-20.22.amzn1.i686
emacs-24.3-20.22.amzn1.i686
emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.22.amzn1.i686
noarch:
emacs-el-24.3-20.22.amzn1.noarch
src:
emacs-24.3-20.22.amzn1.src
x86_64:
emacs-24.3-20.22.amzn1.x86_64
emacs-common-24.3-20.22.amzn1.x86_64
emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.22.amzn1.x86_64
Additional References
Red Hat: CVE-2017-14482
Mitre: CVE-2017-14482
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | emacs-common | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-common-24.3-20.22.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | emacs | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-24.3-20.22.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | emacs-debuginfo | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.22.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | noarch | emacs-el | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-el-24.3-20.22.amzn1.noarch.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | emacs | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-24.3-20.22.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | emacs-common | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-common-24.3-20.22.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | emacs-debuginfo | < 24.3-20.22.amzn1 | emacs-debuginfo-24.3-20.22.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Related
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.031 Low
EPSS
Percentile
91.0%